Casket-support.



.|. H. DUNNELLY.

GASKET SUPPORT.

APPUCATION man APR. 2. i911.

PfLLented Nov. l2, 1918.

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JAMES n. DONNELLY, OECLEVELAND, OHIO, AssIGNOE To THE CLEVELAND BURIAL CASE COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

GASKET-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application led April 2, 1917. Serial No. 159,133.

Y dent of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga,

and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Casket-Supports, of which the following is a specification., the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguishV it from other inventions.

The present invention, relating, as indicated, to a casket support, has more particular regard to the construction ofsuch a support of the type now generally used for supporting caskets for infants and adults, in which a separable member is provided which may be removed from the support proper when the support is to be used for the casket of an adult and is to be attached to the support proper when it is to be used for a childs casket. In such a device it is desirable that there be as few parts as possible and that the separable portion have a secure engagement with the main portion, but an engagement which will permit of its convenient and quick removal, and the features of the present invention are ones which give these qualities to the device. To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing t Figure 1 is a front elevation, partially in section, of my improved invention; Fig. 2 is a partial elevation of the invention showing the supporting legs in their folded position; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bottom of the transverse member forming the top of the support proper. g

The general construction of my device may be seen from Fig. 1, and it consists of a framework having two upwardly extending portions or supports 1 and two downwardly extending legs 2 which lie 1n the saine plane and which are formed by two ,mortise and tenon engagement.

preferably wooden members which have a It will be noted that the two members which are so engaged are formed with the grain running longitudinally therethrough and in" alinement with the strain which is transmitted through these members when the device is in use. In addition to the members already described there are other legs 3 which are formed of a single piece and are provided at their tops with a square notch or recess 4 adapted to engage in a similar recess 5 formed in the bottom of the members 1. When the member 3 is. thus engaged with the member 1 as shown in Fig. 1 the vlegs 2 and 3 have their lower ends in the same plane.

In the members 1V and 3 there are formed alined apertures 6 and 7 respectively, through which there passes a bolt 8 attached at its lower end to a reinforcing plate 9 which is mounted against the lower surface of the member 3. Between the head 10 of the bolt 8 and a shoulder 11, formed in the recess G, there is disposed a coiled spring of sufficient strength to normally hold the member 3 in close engagement with the member 1. When the device is not in use the member 3 may be drawn downwardly until the sides of the notch 4 are disengaged from the sides of the notch 5, and the member 3 may then be swung into the same plane as the members 2, as shown in Fig. 2.

Disposed across the top of the arms 1 is a transverse member 31, and mounted on top of the member 31 are small rubber buttons 12. upon which a casket is adapted to rest. When the device is to be used to p support La casket in a raised position, as is ordinarily done when the casket is that of a childs, a separable support 13 is provided, which has three downwardly extending arms 14, 15 and 16. The arms 14 and 16 have recesses 17 adapted to fit over the buttons 12, and these serve as guides to properly position the auxiliary support on the main support. The arm 15 is provided with a depending rod 18 provided with a button 19 at its lower end, which passes through an aperture formed in the center of the bar 31 when the support 13 is placed in the position shown in Fig. 1. Mounted in a longitudinal recess formed in the lower face of the bar 31, and behind a plate 20 attached thereto is a spring 21, the'two arms of which, are adapted to swing into the recess in the sides of the button 19 when the latter is engaged in the aperture in the bar. This spring 21 will be of suficient strength to engage the rod 18 and maintain' the auxiliary support 13 in secure engagement With the main support unless it forcibly removed therefrom.

The present support combines the several features of strength, neat appearance and extreme convenience in handling With a simplicity of construction that makes it relatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead bf the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed., provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a support having an upper cross bar With an aperture therein,

an auxiliary member adapted to rest upon said cross bar, resilient means adapted to hold said support and said auxiliary member in removable engagement, and means on said cross bar adjacent either end adapted to coact With correlative means on said auxiliary member, to prevent rotative movement of said auxiliary member.

2.*In a device `of the character described, the combination of a support having an upper cross barWith `an aperture therein, an auxiliary member adapted to rest vupon said cross bar and provided with recesses in its lower surface adjacent each end, proj ections on said cross bar adapted to iit such recesses in said auxiliary member, a rod iixed in said auxiliary member adapted to enter such aperture in said cross bar, said rod having a recess adjacent to its end, and resilient means mounted in such aperture and adapted to engage "in such recess in said rod to tend to prevent removal of same.

Signed by me, this dayof March, 1917.

JAMES H. DON NELLY.

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